Religion notes: Pentecostal camp meeting starts Sunday

Audience will pick pianist's selections at Grace Episcopal event

A tradition that dates back to the early days of the modern-day Pentecostal movement will continue beginning this weekend, when Victory City Church holds its 108th annual Camp Meeting at the Forest Park Campground, 3158 S.E. 10th.

Services will take place starting at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 1, and continue through Wednesday, June 4.

Adult and children’s services will be held at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

Guest speakers will include: Sunday night, Regan D’Onofrio, from New York; Monday night, Pastor Steve Munsey, from Munster, Ind.; and Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Jonathan “YPJ” Miller, from South Bend, Ind. Breakfast will be served at 8 a.m., lunch at noon and dinner at 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

As it has been throughout its history, the camp is supported entirely by freewill donations.

In other religion news:

■ Pianist Steven Spooner will be featured in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Grace Episcopal Cathedral, 701 S.W. 8th.

Spooner will perform an “Audience Choice” recital, and will be prepared to play seven entirely different programs. Audience members will be asked to vote for the concert of their choice just before the program begins using their cellphones.

Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $10 for adults and $5 for students, with children 12 and younger admitted free.

■ Luke Parnell will be featured in the first of three summer concerts at Gage Park Baptist Church, 3601 S.W. 10th, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. Hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill will be available for sale at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (785) 272-7771.

■ True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, 307 S.E. Tefft, will have vacation Bible school from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 2, through Thursday, June 5.

■ Faith Temple Church, 1162 S.W. Lincoln, will celebrate its 65th anniversary with special services at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1. The guest speaker will be Bishop Ervin Sims, of Mount Carmel Church of God in Christ, in Kansas City, Kan.

■ A pre-Father’s Day concert featuring the Gospel Crusaders from Chicago will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 2222 S.E. Madison. Admission is free. Call (785) 250-6724 for more information.

■ Dick Redding, a missionary to Mexico, will hold a five-session conference titled “Earth’s Final Hours” at Bethel Baptist Church, 4011 N. Kansas Ave. Sessions will be at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 31, and at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday June 1. A freewill offering will be received.

■ The Topeka Churches Singing Contention will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1018 S.E. 8th.

■ Faith Temple Church, 1162 S.W. Lincoln, will have a fundraiser for its summer vacation Bible school on Saturday, May 31. The fundraiser will include a car wash from 9 a.m. to noon, a bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

■ A special program honoring Rose Nicholson will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at Second Baptist Church, 424 N.W. Laurent. Nicholson is first lady of the church.

■ The Rev, Stevie Wakes Jr., from Atlanta, will speak at the 10:45 a.m. service on Sunday, June 1, at True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, 307 S.E. Tefft. He is the grandson of the church’s former pastor, the Rev. Melvin C. Wakes.

■ Bethel Baptist Church, 4011 N. Kansas Ave, will have a vacation Bible school with the theme “Skyacademy” from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 9 through Friday, June 13. The VBS is for children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Registration is available at answersvbs.com/vbs/bbctopeka or by calling (785) 286-0467.

■ Second Harvest Motorcycle Ministries will hold its third annual “Gun Run” at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, starting at Redemption Center Church, 1017 N.W. Gordon. The cost is $25 per person and $35 per couple. For more information, call (785) 224-1967 or visit www.2ndharvestmm.org.